BRICS Leaders Meeting | South African Artists: Looking Forward to the Summit Promoting Further Deepening African China Cultural Exchange
Bengny Tamber, South African artist and director of the South African National Symphony Orchestra, stated in an interview with an international online journalist that as an artist, he looks forward to further deepening exchanges and mutual learning between African and Chinese cultural and artistic fields through this summit.
Bengny Tamber, Director of the South African National Symphony Orchestra
Bengny Tamber stated that the BRICS summit has demonstrated the importance of close cooperation and consensus on development to the world. Tamber stated that countries from multiple regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, South America, and the Middle East, have shown interest in joining the BRICS, demonstrating the growing influence of the BRICS cooperation mechanism on a global scale.
Tamper highly appreciates the friendly exchanges between South Africa and China, pointing out that China has provided crucial assistance to South Africa, a young democratic country, in breaking free from the shadow of historical racial segregation.
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Moreover, Tamber emphasized that China has made significant contributions to the entire African continent: Chinese enterprises have taken root in various African countries, assisted local economic development, created a large number of employment opportunities, and attracted foreign investment to host countries. "In recent years, China's relations with African countries have achieved leapfrog development," he said. "China is one of the main contributors to world economic growth. China is optimistic about the potential of African development and continues to invest in Africa, which brings benefits to the African people and meets the urgent needs of African economic development.".
Looking ahead to the future, Tamber expressed his expectation for further deepening exchanges and mutual learning between the cultural and artistic fields of Africa and China. "Culture knows no borders," Tamber said. "South African musicians once conquered Chinese audiences and judges by singing songs fluently in Chinese. The world wants to see more such excellent artists and works of art. The literary and artistic community should play a more meaningful role in strengthening exchanges and cooperation between Africa and China." As the director of the South African National Symphony Orchestra, he eagerly hopes to have more contact with the Chinese Symphony Orchestra, in order to contribute to the cooperation between South and China in the field of orchestral music.